@Kilivitz @Troodon80 Thanks guys, sorry I didn't put the original up. I should also say it isn't mine, I think it's from google, should have really kept the link. Thanks for taking the time to resize it Trood, sadly the portrait was slightly cropped by Baldurs Gate.
Ok. So I installed the custom portraits in the Portrait Directory. They show up properly, and I can select them. BUT... I can't switch to scrolling the small portraits. So all I can select is the 1st few small portraits in that screen. Clicking on a small portrait and scrolling still scrolls the top (medium) portraits.
@RangerSG As far as I know you have to click the down arrow next to the small portraits display to scroll through them. You can't use your mouse wheel.
@RangerSG As far as I know you have to click the down arrow next to the small portraits display to scroll through them. You can't use your mouse wheel.
Well, it seems my laptop arrow buttons won't work with the custom portraits either. :S
@RangerSG You have to click on the arrows on the scroll bar, not your keyboard arrows. *snip*
Yeah, that was the problem, the arrows had disappeared, so I couldn't scroll except by mouse wheel. I think it was because I had added too many custom portraits (or a few the game didn't like, perhaps). Because when I pulled them into a second directory for 'storage' the arrows returned. So I'll just move the ones I need when I play out of storage.
I'm having an issue using custom portraits in the OSX version. Rather than see the picture, all i see is a silhouette with a question mark. My pics are the proper sizes and .bmp, but no dice. Help?
You may have to go into the customization screen in your character record, but you can change any PC's portrait within the game at any time. So you may have to re-select the portrait you want to use, but then it should work.
- By the selection screen for default portraits (the ones shipped with the game) - For the epilogues you see for each NPC when you finish BG2:ToB - By the main Character Creation menu (it will automatically fetch the large version and display it while you create the character*
So they are not really necessary unless you are replacing the portrait of one or more NPCs.
* Notice that if you don't have it, the menu will show the medium portrait with a blank space inside the frame.
can some one tell me how to do this for the other NPC party characters? according to this website http://www.saber-scorpion.com/gaming/rpg_bg1_charguide.php#dynaheir you can change their portraits too but he says put it in an OVERRIDE folder but i dont see one do i need to make one? if so should it be inside the Portraits folder or some where else?
@Orie, it should be in the main game directory*. You just need to name the portraits properly (DYNAHEIS, DYNAHEIM, and DYNAHEIL in this case) and put them into the override folder.
* If you are using the Beamdog client, right click and select Open game location. Otherwise you'll need to find the installation directory yourself. You can also try a file search on your computer for chitin.key, the override folder should be in the same location. If it is not in the installation directory, then you will have to create a new folder there and call it that.
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Thanks guys, sorry I didn't put the original up. I should also say it isn't mine, I think it's from google, should have really kept the link. Thanks for taking the time to resize it Trood, sadly the portrait was slightly cropped by Baldurs Gate.
Either myself or @Kilivitz can rodo them from the large portrait. (Depends on who gets there first *race, race, race.*)
Worked perfectly, Thank you so much =D
I only find the option for M and S
Thanks
- By the selection screen for default portraits (the ones shipped with the game)
- For the epilogues you see for each NPC when you finish BG2:ToB
- By the main Character Creation menu (it will automatically fetch the large version and display it while you create the character*
So they are not really necessary unless you are replacing the portrait of one or more NPCs.
* Notice that if you don't have it, the menu will show the medium portrait with a blank space inside the frame.
you can change their portraits too but he says put it in an OVERRIDE folder but i dont see one do i need to make one? if so should it be inside the Portraits folder or some where else?
* If you are using the Beamdog client, right click and select Open game location. Otherwise you'll need to find the installation directory yourself. You can also try a file search on your computer for chitin.key, the override folder should be in the same location. If it is not in the installation directory, then you will have to create a new folder there and call it that.